A local grid refinement method for three-dimensional turbulent recirculating flows

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1157-1172

  Papadakis, G ^a,b   Bergeles, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conjugate gradient method; Finite volumes; Incompressible recirculating flows; Local refinement; Staggered mesh

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; ROTATIONAL FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

GRID REFINEMENT METHODS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUE; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0033571990     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19991215)31:7<1157::AID-FLD917>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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